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massacre

英 ['mæsəkə] 美['mæsəkɚ]

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近义词slaughter killing pogrom butchery carnage

vt. 残杀；彻底击败
n. 大屠杀；惨败
n. (Massacre)人名；(法)马萨克尔

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词态变化

复数: massacres;第三人称单数: massacres;过去式: massacred;现在分词: massacring;

中文词源

massacre 屠杀

来自古法语macacre,屠宰屋，肉屠宰场，来自Proto-Germanic*maitana,砍，劈，来自PIE*mai,砍，劈，词源同maim,mangle,smith.后用于指对人的屠杀，大屠杀。

英文词源

massacre (v.): 1580s, from Middle French massacrer "to slaughter" (16c.), from massacre (n.) "wholesale slaughter, carnage" (see massacre (n.)). Related: Massacred; massacring.
massacre (n.): 1580s, from Middle French massacre "wholesale slaughter, carnage," from Old French macacre, macecle "slaughterhouse, butchery," of unknown origin; perhaps related to Latin macellum "provisions store, butcher shop."

双语例句

1. The massacre laid bare the moral bankruptcy of the regime.: 大屠杀使该政权的道德沦丧暴露无遗。

2. In March 1770, there occurred what became known as the Boston Massacre.: 1770年3月在那里发生了后来闻名的波士顿惨案。

3. Most of them had only heard of the massacre at second hand.: 他们中的大多数人只是听说了那次大屠杀。

4. Is the massacre likely to touch off a new round of violence?: 大屠杀有可能触发新一轮的暴行吗？

5. Maria lost her 62-year-old mother in the massacre.: 在大屠杀中玛丽亚失去了62岁的母亲。